Put in your ceremony time and the kind of ceremony, and get a running order for the whole day. Every length is our estimate and you can change each one.
| 12.30pm | Guests arrive and take their seats |
| 1pm | Civil ceremony30 minutes |
| 1.30pm | Confetti and congratulations |
| 1.45pm | Drinks reception, with photosGroup photos first, while everyone is there |
| 3pm | Guests called to sit down |
| 3.15pm | Wedding breakfast120 minutes |
| 5.15pm | Speeches30 minutes |
| 5.45pm | Room turnaround; evening guests arrive |
| 6.45pm | Cutting the cake, then the first dance |
| 7pm | Evening party |
| 9.30pm | Evening food |
| 11.30pm | Carriages |
Every length is our estimate of a typical UK wedding day, and you can change each one. Check timings with your venue, registrar or officiant and your photographer.
In Kismet the running order is yours to change step by step, and everyone with a part gets a private page with their own times.
Plan your day freeEverything runs from the ceremony start. Guests arrive before it; confetti follows it; then any travel to a separate reception venue. The drinks reception is where the photos happen. Guests are called to sit down 15 minutes before the meal, because moving a room full of people takes longer than anyone expects.
After the meal and speeches the room is turned around for the evening, and evening guests arrive. Cake and the first dance open the party. Evening food comes about two hours before carriages. Each length is our estimate of a typical UK wedding day, labelled on the page, and you can change any of them.
Once you know who is doing what, the catering numbers and drinks calculator help with the meal and the bar.
It depends on the ceremony. Our starting lengths are 30 minutes for a civil ceremony, about 50 for a church service, 40 for a humanist one, around 45 for a Nikah or a Jewish ceremony, 90 for an Anand Karaj and two hours for a Hindu ceremony. They are our estimates: ask your registrar, minister or officiant, who will know.
Our starting point is 90 minutes. It is when the group photos happen, so a long photo list needs longer. Too long and guests get hungry; too short and the photographer rushes.
After the meal is traditional in the UK. Before the meal is popular too: the people speaking can relax and enjoy their food. Tick the box to see your day both ways.
Usually after the meal and speeches, while the room is turned around for the evening. The timeline puts their arrival there, then the cake and first dance.
About two hours before carriages is our starting point, once the dancing has got going and before people start to leave.